I bought a Stevens 416 target rifle, taking advantage of some promos and Cabelas Bucks, for a decent price at the local Cabelas store. It came with the dovetailed Stevens tombstone front sight and what I later identified as a Redfield rear sight mounting block (sans a sight)–– the (appear to be Redfield) mounting blocks show signs that the previous owner was a scope shooter (hence why there's no rear sight). I picked up a Redfield 75 fixer-upper rear sight on eBay for a good price and de-crudded/ rusted it an installed a .04 target aperature on it (from Joe at Aperatures 'n More in Michigan––-> good people to deal with!)
It seems to group well, however, I don't have anywhere near enough elevation adjustment to bring it on bull. Mechanically bottoming the sight out, I am 1.7" over center at 10m with high velocity ammo (Federal Bulk and American Eagle shoot overlapping groups at this distance). CCI Target (Standard Velocity) shoot approximately 2" over center. The solution is that I need a front sight riser. I am debating between getting a .25" riser or the .34" from Williams. Mathemtically, either will work (and should work fine out to 100 yards- the furthest I would likely shoot, though there are some clubs that hold longer matches, which might be fun to try at some point). The .25 will allow me greater elevation adjustment, since I will be on target at 50 feet and still be below 0 on the elevation scale. If I use the .34, I will have to use up a little bit more of elevation adjustment to be on bull at 50, and I wil be well good through 100 yards, though I may loose a little bit that might be useful further out.
Is my math/ reasoning right?
What do you guys recommend that I do?
It seems to group well, however, I don't have anywhere near enough elevation adjustment to bring it on bull. Mechanically bottoming the sight out, I am 1.7" over center at 10m with high velocity ammo (Federal Bulk and American Eagle shoot overlapping groups at this distance). CCI Target (Standard Velocity) shoot approximately 2" over center. The solution is that I need a front sight riser. I am debating between getting a .25" riser or the .34" from Williams. Mathemtically, either will work (and should work fine out to 100 yards- the furthest I would likely shoot, though there are some clubs that hold longer matches, which might be fun to try at some point). The .25 will allow me greater elevation adjustment, since I will be on target at 50 feet and still be below 0 on the elevation scale. If I use the .34, I will have to use up a little bit more of elevation adjustment to be on bull at 50, and I wil be well good through 100 yards, though I may loose a little bit that might be useful further out.
Is my math/ reasoning right?
What do you guys recommend that I do?
